Human Ecology Forum articles from September 1997

Human Ecology Forum archives from September 1997

The college embraces technology for education. (Cornell University's College of Human Ecology)
September 22, 1997... The College of Human Ecology has joined Cornell and other colleges and universities worldwide in embracing new technologies to enhance teaching and learning. This issue of Human Ecology Forum delineates how college educators have used the World...

Cornell nutritionists help establish new international growth references. (Cornell University)
September 22, 1997... Millions of healthy infants may be assessed as growing too slowly because of inadequate international child growth standards, according to nutritionists from Cornell University and the World Health Organization (WHO). As a result, many infants...

Students learn the ABCs of creative vision. (Cornell University undergraduate class)
September 22, 1997... Try this: Practice viewing the world as a child, seeing things as they might be, exploring your creative potential. For example, find the letters of the alphabet in everyday objects, such as a cloud that forms a C. Now for the final exam: Using...

The electronic classroom.
September 22, 1997... . . . The result is an electronic classroom that's accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The benefits to learning are enormous. There are also a few negatives. Here are just a few of the ways College of Human Ecology faculty members are...

Creating the electronic textbook. (posting course material on the Internet World Wide Web site)
September 22, 1997... The first time I saw a Web page I said to myself, 'It's like they've invented this medium just for me,'" says textiles and apparel associate professor Charlotte Jirousek. "I knew it was perfect for my classes." Two years of hard work later,...

Ask nutriquest. (Cornell University's College of Human Ecology's Nutriquest site on the Internet's World Wide Web)
September 22, 1997... Dear Nutriquest, Is it true that eating spaghetti/pasta the day before an athletic competition/event will help increase your energy and performance? - Curious About Pasta This is just one of the many questions posed to the College of Human...

If you build it, will they come to class?
September 22, 1997... The potential of the World Wide Web for teaching seems almost limitless. Students can find more information with greater ease than ever before, and faculty members can put course schedules, syllabi, notices, and even class lectures on their Web...

Extension networks benefit families, communities. (electronic or online extension systems in community-based programs)
September 22, 1997... Electronic extension networks expand the link of the land-grant system to communities. Information about child care, organizational collaborations, family strengths, science and technology, and health can be accessed as easily as turning on a...

Designing on-line.
September 22, 1997... The World Wide Web and other technologies promise to bring rapid changes to the apparel and textile industry. Professor Susan Ashdown's apparel design students are collaborating with students from two other colleges to learn the benefits - and...

Evaluating the Web.
September 22, 1997... Corporations and organizations are making huge investments to create World Wide Web sites. But most are making the leap into cyberspace with little or no knowledge of what impact their sites will have. Are their investments worth it? Human...

Satellite network enhances lifelong learning. (satellite videoconferencing)
September 22, 1997... What clues in behavior should alert case workers that children are being psychologically abused? How can child care providers create safe, fun, but inexpensive places for children's play? What environmental risk factors are likely to be...

African mothers who work face dilemma.
September 22, 1997... When African women work outside the home, their families reap more income but often with potentially "deleterious consequences on the health of their very young children," according to new research. Although the extra money African women earn...

Student ratings soar when professor uses enthusiasm.
September 22, 1997... Attention teachers far and wide: It may not be so much what or how you teach that will reap high student evaluations, but something as simple as an enthusiastic tone of voice. And beware, administrators, if you use student ratings to judge...